The football playoffs are a whole new test for the MLive predictions crew.

All teams are fighting for survival from one week to the next, and the playoffs tend to create matchups that are hard to predict.

We know which of the MLive reporters can pick the best during the regular season: Jackson's Rich McGowan fended off a late challenge by Kalamazoo's Zachard Reichard to hold the honors after Week 9.

Now, we'll see who do the job in the postseason.

Here are the MLive predictions, in order of regular-season accuracy:

Jackson: McGowans' 14-2 mark last week kept his rate at 86 percent. It also meant he reached a personal goal of 100 wins this season after topping out at 99 last year. He is 112-18 going into the playoffs.

Kalamazoo: Zachary Reichard makes the picks, and cooled off a bit last week with a 23-5 mark. His accuracy rate slipped a little from 86 to 85 percent.

Muskegon: Mark Opfermann makes the picks, and he went 14-5 last week and saw his predictions rate slid from 82 to 81 percent.